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11 Mar 2015

Why your kids should start collecting stamps

Get your kids into Stamp Collecting

Stamp collecting is not just another trendy hobby. The great thing about stamp collecting is that it rewards you with persistence and patience. It teaches you to embrace everything that is related to history and the modern images that we have today.

This is one reason why many teachers and parents think that this is a great hobby that kids should be encouraged to try.

Most experts in child development would say that there are quite a few benefits that stamp collecting offers. The only challenge is how to encourage kids to get started with the hobby. Great looking stamps no longer arrive in the mailbox, because ground mails are not as popular these days. This is why teachers and parents should make an effort for the kids to appreciate the hobby.

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19 Feb 2015

Allegory to French Republic- Mouchon’s Take Using Postage Stamps

Louis-Eugene Mouchon's French Stamp Design

When it comes to stamp design and engraving, the name Louis-Eugene Mouchon is always included in the list, thanks to his top designs that impressed not just his native France but also other collectors from Iran, Ethiopia and various European countries. The portfolio is extensive, but there’s one that’s tagged under his name, the stamp shown above. While this was considered by many as a great achievement, it was in fact received with some criticisms. To set the record straight, this 1900 series featured the work of three designers, and the artist was the one who designed the middle values, between ‘Merson’ and ‘Blanc’ values.

Experts and students of philately are one in saying that the image shows a female allegory of the government of France with the Sceptre of Justice and Human... Read More

Postal History, French Postal History

8 Feb 2015

The ‘Abe Lincoln’ Everyone Knew as Immortalized in Postage Stamps

Abraham Lincoln on Stamps

If there’s a listing of the most popular and greatest presidents the United States have ever produced, then surely the name Abraham Lincoln will show the way. It was both the best (and the worst) of times during Lincoln’s rule, but this served as a watershed moment for one of the greatest leaders to shine through actions against slavery and national turmoil. His face, his policy directions and of course the Gettysburg Address are considered the Lincoln trademarks. And today, his legacy lives on thanks to the production of postage stamps in honor of the man. If you are interested in the life of the former leader, then it’s best to study the different postage stamps made in honor of Lincoln, arranged in different themes.

From humble beginnings and the Bar

29 Jan 2015

Nicaragua – Stamps and Land Disputes

Latin America has been troubled with conflicts and wars through centuries, but there’s one conflict that happened in 1937 that left a scar on the region. And the reasons for this conflict are the usual suspects - land, pride and postage stamps.

The competing parties are Nicaragua and Honduras, the subject is ‘territory’, the trigger - postage stamps. While other countries are drawn into war because of aggression or dropped bombs, the case of these two Central American countries started with a postage stamp. It all started with a Nicaraguan postage stamp released in August, 1937 showing a country map with its northern zone bordering Honduras, and this area was marked 'territorio en litigio' or territory under dispute. The problem was that Honduras has long recognized that this... Read More

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